The Hungarian Practice for Teaching National Security Studies at the University of Public Service

Abstract

In general, it can be stated that the national security services play a special role in the state administration, the importance of which is becoming more and more appreciated these days. Their tasks are manifested in supporting the security and providing relevant information to decisionmakers at the political level. This requires qualified staff, in which higher education plays an important role. In Hungary, the national security higher education is among the official training offer at the National University of Public Service, whose civil national security field appears among the Faculty of Law Enforcement courses. The training structure, the competences to be acquired, the security policy and the analysis approach are in line with similar examples on the international scene. Along the lines of the above ideas, the study describes the Hungarian practice at NUPS, and formulates ideas for higher education in national security.